Hi all..
I Rooted my Fire using KFU..
Then I installed OTA-RootKeeper
But I dont get the option to do a Temp Un-Root...
Any suggestions? It lets me Protect root but that is all it lets me do..
I did notice on the check boxes for "Root Permission has been granted" is not checked.. Could this be the cause??? And if so how do I fix? I thought KFU gave me root permission?
Thanks!
I think you did not install superuser.apk on your kindle. Without it having root is pretty useless for apps. Superuser gives you an option to allow root access to the app. If you already have superuser you may have it disabled for OTA. Otherwise a problem may have occurred with the rooting process. Tell me if this works.
That was it.. Thank you VERY much...
Wonder why KFU don't include superuser..
Glad it worked for you Not sure though why it is not included in kfu though I know in the past when you manually rooted the kindle super user would automatically get installed therefore it remain on the kindle unless you wipe. Though I guess you could recommend it to the developer to add.
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Well Everyone, seems Amazon went and did an update and just wanted to confirm so that everyone knows the steps in Root Working 10.2.4 Kindle Fire 2 Root made easy still do work on hte updated 10.2.6
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dwained_80 said:
Well Everyone, seems Amazon went and did an update and just wanted to confirm so that everyone knows the steps in Root Working 10.2.4 Kindle Fire 2 Root made easy still do work on hte updated 10.2.6
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odd, the bin4ary root script is throwing a ton of permission denied errors over here, what the heck.
I can access adb shell just fine, i don't remember having any issues when I initially rooted this thing back around Christmas. Really should have killed OTA updates, shame on me.
any advice?
innerspace said:
odd, the bin4ary root script is throwing a ton of permission denied errors over here, what the heck.
I can access adb shell just fine, i don't remember having any issues when I initially rooted this thing back around Christmas. Really should have killed OTA updates, shame on me.
any advice?
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fastboot cable... you can always restore a 10.2.3 rooted...
Confirmed, just re-rooted again tonight. I've been de-rooted twice now, once from a 10.2.5 update and then again from a 10.2.6 update (even with renaming otacerts.zip). Are there any other methods that can be used to disable the OTA updates? I really don't want to go through this setup again.
Also for anyone having errors, really, the only thing you can do is just run it over and over, i ran bin4ry's root so many times I lost count until it eventually worked, qemu root is good too.
Rooted 10.2.6
I got the 10.2.6 update. I did a factory reset after the update. Went through Kindle setup signing only into my Amazon account, so I had a clean Kindle, turned on ADB and "install applications from unkown sources". Plugged the Kindle into USB and made sure it connected with no errors. Then I opened a command prompt window with administrator privileges on Windows 7. Ran the bin4ary bat file to root and it went absolutely flawlessly with no errors at all.
I live on the edge - I don't turn off software updates, because I can always use fastboot to rollback to a previous known good version thanks to the info on this forum :good:
I don't know if running the command prompt window as administrator solves the permission denied problems or not. Also, my bat file and support files are in my own user directory in Windows 7, so I know I have full permissions on those files as well.
Hello I rooted my kindle fire 2nd edition when it was version 10.3.1. Everything was working fine then I turned it on one day and the root I installed stopped working. I looked at the version number and it had changed to 10.4.1. I re-rooted it with the same tools I used the first time. It worked fine for a few minutes then I started getting the message pop ups [the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped] then [es taskmanager has stopped]. When I go to the google apps it starts the same pop ups again [google play services has stopped]. Everything seems to work ok. I tried to reinstall the google apps and framework and vending pak. Nothing will get rid of the pop ups. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Same thing happened to me, sort of. I found superuser failed to grant permissions after re-rooting. Uninstalled superuser and installed superSU and everything reset a right after a reboot.
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Red Cross154 said:
Same thing happened to me, sort of. I found superuser failed to grant permissions after re-rooting. Uninstalled superuser and installed superSU and everything reset a right after a reboot.
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My superuser and all the apps worked fine until I red screened it. I tried to put twrp on it using this thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963]. I have a red screen now. I am working on a fastboot cable to restore my original image. I read in another post after I red screened mine that Amazon tried to close the hole to prevent rooting. They almost have. I now have it back to version 10.2.3 using KFU. I also used it to re root it. I tried installing TWRP again using the same thread and boot looped it. I used the Kindle fire system image utility to un loop. I am now back to a rooted kf2 researching another way to install twrp.
I could swear I had the setting set to off with respect to automatic firmware updates, but either way my previously rooted Kindle 2nd generation did get the newest firmware. What is cool in my case, at least so far, is the Google play store still works perfectly fine, I can still order whatever I want from it. Also my ADW launcher still works fine, I can still switch in between the normal carousel Kindle stock interface or go over to an Android type of setting using ADW. Not sure about wallpapers but I don't really care as all I really wanted when I rooted was to be able to install the Google play store and be able to use whatever I wanted to use and I can still do that. I no longer have root though, Kindle free opens and tells me the kindle is improperly rooted and root checker tells me I am not rooted. Is there an easy way to reroot this or should I just leave well enough alone? I am afraid the next firmware update will finish the job on me and I have no way to stop that now (not that it worked the first time I set it to not update lol)
Reinstalled Twrp
I tried the thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963] for installing TWRP again and it worked perfectly. I now have twrp running. Next I will try to flash cm10.1 and gapps. Wish me luck. :good: I would like to thank Hashcode and all the other developers for the step-by-step instructions. I am now running CM10.1 and it works great.
Thanks XDA and the author of this wonderful guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117
I was very sceptic towards this rooting thing as there is always some risk involved but dared to go for it. So I have successfully rooted my Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (version 8.4.8). But I need some help because I don't want to do anything in this without any proper guidance. Below written is the current situation :-
I used the second method of rooting in this(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117) guide (manual method) and successfully rooted my Kindle Fire HD 8.9, then I downloaded the KFFirstAid and used it to backup my Kindle using option 13 "Baclup The Entire Kindle To The KindleBackup Folder". Then I installed Google Play Store using option 18. It worked fine, I got it clean, no problem.
But later in the day I uninstalled "Amazon appsotre" using my root privilege and IMDB app from Kindle. Now I am unable to search from within Kindle using integrated search function. I downloaded Amazon appstore from their website and installed it but it did NOT enable integrated search,I still get "unified search has stopped" massage(I don't know if rooting or uninstalling those apps caused this). Using Titanium Backup pro I made it (Amazon appstore) system app but didn't help.
So my question is,
1. if I want to restore my Kindle to its earlier state using "KindleBackup Folder" from KFFirstAid what sould I do?
OR
2. I remove Google Play Sore from Kindle system apps using root privilege and then connect it to PC and use option 22 in KFFirstAid to unroot it and then factory reset it?
OR
3. I remove Google Play Sore from Kindle system apps using root privilege and then unroot Kindle using SuperSu app settings menu (an option is there in SuperSu settings to unroot)?
OR anything else feasible?
Things look scary to me as this is such a power full tool. I want to know how to go unroot and make it normal so if in future if I need to.
If rooting and installing was a breeze with this Kindle should I consider installing 2nd-bootloader and TWRP and custom ROM?
Please help me.
EDIT :- Factory reset solved unified search problem.
My kindle hd 8.9 was re rooted using bin4ry v31 after the last ota update 8.4.8. It worked fine. Now there was another ota update to 8.4.9 on 6/14/14. I tried using the same method as before. ADB is enabled in my kindle, I am seeing Android Composite ADB interface. when I plug the kindle in. I got through part of the re root, where it rebooted, and now it is extremely slow, has a black screen with white cracked lines to slide in open, and although some things work they are very very slow. Please can someone either help me re root or unroot it so that the kindle runs normally. I don't know what mode that slow one is, but you can't do much of anything. I tried to roo a few times, and tried to put in the stock kindle update and re run it, but nothing is working to get it out of the slow mode. Right now my computer can see and put things onto the kindle, and when trying to root, it seems like it is trying to work, but since the kindle is slow, I don't know if it is getting stuck and not finishing.
Can you help me figure out what is wrong?
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My kindle hd 8.9 was re rooted using bin4ry v31 after the last ota update 8.4.8. It worked fine. Now there was another ota update to 8.4.9 on 6/14/14. I tried using the same method as before. ADB is enabled in my kindle, I am seeing Android Composite ADB interface. when I plug the kindle in. I got through part of the re root, where it rebooted, and now it is extremely slow, has a black screen with white cracked lines to slide in open, and although some things work they are very very slow. Please can someone either help me re root or unroot it so that the kindle runs normally. I don't know what mode that slow one is, but you can't do much of anything. I tried to roo a few times, and tried to put in the stock kindle update and re run it, but nothing is working to get it out of the slow mode. Right now my computer can see and put things onto the kindle, and when trying to root, it seems like it is trying to work, but since the kindle is slow, I don't know if it is getting stuck and not finishing.
Can you help me figure out what is wrong?
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Yep sucks for us for now it seems
Mine is in the same state. To unslow mo it all i found that works is using recovery mode to erase every single thing on it. This will speed it back up to normal. Beyond that i don't have a clue what to do.
You can enter recovery mode if you dont know how by pressing volume down and power. Or dl droid explorer run it click the multi colored shield icon and reboot to recovery.
I would hold off for now though. As one of these guys may have a way to save you all the head aches i have now. I had psp emulator playstation emu nintendo ds dolphin aka game cube and wii all running properly now all gone. go figure. Pain in the rear to get em all running properly. Oh worst bit loosing my crisis core newgame + save lvl 35+ with all items etc etc. Was gona put the hurt on every thing LOL
Oh and if theres any amazon employees lurking and reading great job on becoming a apple clone wanabe In other words amazon you all need to get a grip. People want to customize their tablets and have something that runs like mad with out regards to warranty. We want our tablets the way we want them not the way you want them. No one likes apple with their forced updaties etc
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My kindle hd 8.9 was re rooted using bin4ry v31 after the last ota update 8.4.8. It worked fine. Now there was another ota update to 8.4.9 on 6/14/14. I tried using the same method as before. ADB is enabled in my kindle, I am seeing Android Composite ADB interface. when I plug the kindle in. I got through part of the re root, where it rebooted, and now it is extremely slow, has a black screen with white cracked lines to slide in open, and although some things work they are very very slow. Please can someone either help me re root or unroot it so that the kindle runs normally. I don't know what mode that slow one is, but you can't do much of anything. I tried to roo a few times, and tried to put in the stock kindle update and re run it, but nothing is working to get it out of the slow mode. Right now my computer can see and put things onto the kindle, and when trying to root, it seems like it is trying to work, but since the kindle is slow, I don't know if it is getting stuck and not finishing.
Can you help me figure out what is wrong?
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Factory reset is always better than flashing and other serious tinkering. kindle hd 8.9 is still rootable with 8.4.9 update, I did it and another member KatanAlive have done it.
What method did you use to root? There are a few different methods. used bin4ry v31 I used the old special option, then also tried the old option.
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Factory reset is always better than flashing and other serious tinkering. kindle hd 8.9 is still rootable with 8.4.9 update, I did it and another member KatanAlive have done it.
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Ive tried various tools etc. While it seems i am able to get root i can not for example view the root directory in adb shell. I can kill any process under ps list even ones ran by root. Again the root directory shows as empty under ls. Running the superuser app that does show under apps seems t do nothing (im assuming this is because root is already active by this point) It does load but nothing in log window. Also it remains stuck running extremely slow. I can not install google frame work etc.
What i want to do is just go with a custom rom and be done with this mess. After all if amazon managed to force updates on kindles with ota disabled and blocked once they will likely be able to do so again. So theres zero point in staying on a stock rom even downgraded and or rooted.
Now the only problem there is it seems rom update requires fastboot? If this is not the case what are the steps to go about it by a different means? Or what methods other than fastboot cables are there to force it in to fastboot with out ripping in to the kindlefire hd 8.9 in my case?
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What method did you use to root? There are a few different methods. used bin4ry v31 I used the old special option, then also tried the old option.
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I used manual method described in this thread and yesterday another member also used this same method to root the Kindle with update 8.4.9 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069117
I have been extensively reading this forum for rooting Kindle Fire HD 8.9 and I have seen people failed just because of a simple mistake or not starting afresh. Many people were able to overcome their anomalous problem just by a factory reset and then starting again the process of rooting.
No one knows at which step problem started to appear until you clarify completely that what method you were following, or did you install some other drivers mentioned in another method, or did you interrupted the progress, or any other tinkering you had had done earlier with Kindle.
Every method pre assumes that your device is in default condition and your PC has favourable environment for the completion of the rooting process. Like a meber was following the process of rooting and when a stage came to enter his Amazon password, he entered the password but the process could not be continued, because his Kindle was not registered , so even after entering the correct password the process was aborted. Later he registered his Kindle and started agin and it was rooted.
So true what you've said about it not being a fresh root. I am going to try a few more times to root, then do a factory reset. My kindle could use a fresh start, but I thought I'd try just for future knowledge. If anyone else comes back from the slow kindle stage, please contribute what you've done to fix it because it may help someone else resolve their issues.
I decided to do a full restore. Then I was able to use a bin4ry script for kindles to root. Now I am having difficulty getting google play to work again. I keep getting an error not enough space on the partition \system. Free up 6MB in system and try again. I put a version of google market on to see if there would be a difference. I was able to open it, but nothing will download. Anyone else have any experience with this problem?
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I decided to do a full restore. Then I was able to use a bin4ry script for kindles to root. Now I am having difficulty getting google play to work again. I keep getting an error not enough space on the partition \system. Free up 6MB in system and try again. I put a version of google market on to see if there would be a difference. I was able to open it, but nothing will download. Anyone else have any experience with this problem?
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If you have rooted Kindle "not enough space" problem can be easily resolved. Is your Kindle rooted?
Yes my kindle fire hd 8.9 is rooted. I currently have version 8.4.9 software from amazon.
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Yes my kindle fire hd 8.9 is rooted. I currently have version 8.4.9 software from amazon.
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I too have had this low space problem after updating to 8.4.9. I was despaired but after searching the internet for 2/3 hours I found the solution. First thing you need to do is to get Titanium Backup from somewhere. It has the capacity to convert system app to user app and this will free up some ROM space so you can install Google Play afterward. Convert one by one some system apps that are not critical to Kindle's functioning, to user app. For example, you can convert Silk browser, Amazon Video, Amazon music, Kindle tutorial, Office Suite to user app. The moment you have above 20 MB free space in ROM you can install there Google Play. I am not sure if a free version of Titanium Backup have this functionality or not, I have installed a pro version of it. If free version is of no use then get a pro version from somewhere. I think you know where to get it from. Good Luck.
Wow thanks so much for the info. I did not have the pro version of titanium. Instead I used /system /app mover which is a free app. I changed a few system files to user files like suggested and am now able to use google play. I made sure I could download apps from it also, and it worked just fine. Now I have to re download apps I lost when I had to restore.
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Wow thanks so much for the info. I did not have the pro version of titanium. Instead I used /system /app mover which is a free app. I changed a few system files to user files like suggested and am now able to use google play. I made sure I could download apps from it also, and it worked just fine. Now I have to re download apps I lost when I had to restore.
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would not you press Thanks Button?